{"id":84,"date":"2008-10-21T11:47:03","date_gmt":"2008-10-21T04:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/temp-blog\/?p=84"},"modified":"2008-12-07T07:03:31","modified_gmt":"2008-12-07T00:03:31","slug":"how-do-i-get-a-mexican-visa-if-i-want-to-live-in-mexico-part-1-visa-classification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/how-do-i-get-a-mexican-visa-if-i-want-to-live-in-mexico-part-1-visa-classification\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Get a Mexican Visa If I Want to Live in Mexico :Part 1 Visa Classification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As many of you know, my business is in the <a title=\"Mexico Real Estate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mexico Real Estate<\/a> Industry  But our services also include  helping the new buyers &#8220;<a title=\"documents needed to travel to mexico\" href=\"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/05\/what-documents-are-needed-when-travelling-to-mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\">move and adjust<\/a>&#8221; into this new country, introducing them to new friends and neighbors, and helping them become <a title=\"Mexico FM3 FM2 faq\" href=\"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/faq-general.php#Q4\" target=\"_blank\">legal Mexico residents<\/a>We are starting to receive a great amount of emails over the past couple of months with the questions<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px;\" src=\"http:\/\/i255.photobucket.com\/albums\/hh138\/beatlo\/Visas%20FM3%20Immigration\/mexicofm2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mexico Real Estate Visa \" width=\"364\" height=\"489\" \/>&#8220;I am a Mexican Foreigner and I want to live and work in Mexico full time, How do I get a Mexican Visa&#8221;   I have written several articles before on this subject, but I thought with this recent surge in emails regarding this theme, I would revisit and update these articles.<\/p>\n<h2>MEXICO VISA CATEGORIES<\/h2>\n<p>Non-Mexicans are allowed to enter into Mexico with basically two visa options which is the path towards obtaining a permanent residency:<\/p>\n<p>a)  Non-residents are non-Mexicans with a temporary permit.<\/p>\n<p>b)  Temporary-residents are non-Mexicans with the plan of residing in this counrty and a plan to eventually obtain a permanent status<\/p>\n<p>c)  Permanent-residents are non-Mexicans who obtain the the right to reside permanently in this country.<\/p>\n<h2>MEXICO NON-RESIDENT PERMITS<\/h2>\n<p>These permits inlcude the FMT visa which is commonly used by tourists  These are typically prepared with 30 days but can be requested with a period upto 180 days  Other permits within this category include the student permit, Political Refugee, Correspondent permit amongst others  <\/p>\n<h2>MEXICOTEMPORARY-RESIDENT PERMITS<\/h2>\n<p>This is what most non-Mexico Real Estate buyers obtain in order to help them with their documentation, to set up bank accounts and other day to day activities  The most common permits are the <a title=\"Mexico Resident Pensioner\" href=\"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/22\/mexico-resident-pensioner-visa-how-to-retire-in-mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\">Resident Pensioner<\/a>, or a Mexican resident who lives off of revenues generated from another country other than Mexico  The <a title=\"Mexico Resident Investor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/24\/moving-to-mexico-obtaining-the-resident-investor-visa\/\" target=\"_blank\">investor resident <\/a>is one who invests money in Mexico and lives off of these earnings  A <a title=\"Mexico Visa Resident Professional\" href=\"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/26\/mexicos-resident-professional-resident-executive-visas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Professional resident<\/a> is one who practices his\/her profession in Mexico, while an <a title=\"Mexico Visa Resident Executive\" href=\"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/26\/mexicos-resident-professional-resident-executive-visas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Executive resident <\/a>works specifically for a position in a Mexican Entity  Artists and sports professionals is exactly as the title describes, those who practice their talents within the Mexican territory  There are basically two permits allowed for the TEMPORARY-RESIDENT, the FM3 and the FM2  The FM3 is valid for a maximum period of 12 months  Once it expires it can be renewed for another 12 month period  Once the Temporary Resident has obtained five of these permist consecutively, he can apply for a FM2  Again the FM2 is only valid for a maximum of 12 months and can be renewed indefinitely<\/p>\n<h2>MEXICO PERMANENT RESIDENT<\/h2>\n<p>After 2 years of receiving the FM2, the temporary resident is elgible to apply and obtain a permanent resident status in Mexico  This process is called naturalization, and there are other options to obtain this residency  For example throught birth, if you are a direct descendent of a Mexican, or through marriage<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Thomas Lloyd<\/strong> graduated from Purdue University Krannert School of Management with a degree in Management\/Financial Option Investments. He has been living, investing, and working professionally in Mexico for over 15 years. Active broker and current president of TOPmexicorealestate, you can contact him at <\/em><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(512) 879-6546<\/span><\/strong> <em>or through the company`s web site<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.TOPmexicorealestate.com\">www.<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">TOP<\/span>mexicorealestate.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.copyscape.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Do not copy content from the page. 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